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document.write("<h1>Words of Hope Read the Bible in a Year</h1>\n");

document.write("<div class=\"wohdate\">Sep 02, 2010</div>\n");
document.write("<p class=\"wohbible\">Read: <a href=\"http://www.biblegateway.com/bible?Lamentations 3-5\" title=\"Read today\'s Bible passage on the BibleGateway\" target=\"_blank\">Lamentations 3-5</a</p>\n");
document.write("<h2>Great Is Thy Faithfulness</h2>\n");

var body = "<p>Jeremiah complains because of how God has treated him. Then his mood changes as he realizes that &#8220;The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases&#8221; (3:22). This new mood is expressed in words which form the basis for part of the hymn &#8220;Great Is Thy Faithfulness.&#8221; Then he uses words which are the basis for part of the prayer in the Funeral Service in the Liturgy of the Reformed Church in America, &#8220;He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men&#8221; (3:33).<br /></p><br /><p><br />This renewed realization of God&#8217;s goodness, even when we cannot understand His dealing with us, inspired a call for self-examination and a return to God (3:40). As he thinks of the past, Jeremiah remembers how he was cast into the muddy pit (3:53) but also how God rescued him. He cannot forget the terrible famine in Jerusalem in the last days of the siege (4:4,9,10). He again sees this tragedy as the result of the sins of the spiritual leaders (4:13). As he considers what caused the downfall, he focuses on the sins of their forefathers (5:7), but later realizes that their own sins had been the major cause (5:16).<br /></p><br /><p><br />He concludes with a reminder that the Lord is on the throne and therefore with the pleas &#8220;Restore us to thyself, O Lord, that we may be restored&#8221; (5:21). May our desire also be that the Lord will once again fill the church with vitality.<br /></p>\n";
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document.write("<p class=\"wohprayer\"><strong>Prayer:</strong> Father, work by Your Spirit in Your church that it may be filled with new life in Christ. In His name. Amen.</p>\n");

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